Day three of OPT has been a success. Although my big girl had one big (and messy) accident at naptime, the rest of the day was perfect. Wade and I are so thankful that this transition has been relatively smooth.
It seems that our biggest challenge will be nap & bedtime. While we want to honor her requests to go potty before bed--and the first hour or so thereafter--we're finding that she asks five or six times before falling asleep. The frequent and unproductive trips are testing our patience (the cabin fever doesn't help), but we don't want to say no when she may really have to go. It's difficult to know where to draw the line. Seasoned parents, feel free to weigh in.
Thankful and exhausted,
Ramona
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We always pottied trained using pull ups at nap and bed time for a while - their bladders have to get used to holding and emptying it - so we always used those and did undies in the day - after the day time was down - like a month or so - we then worked on the other....
oh my gosh do I remember. I worked on the daytime first, also, and then, actually after quite a while, worked on the nightime - each kid is different, though. I sure do remember the up and down all evening stage. I'm not sure I have a good answer for you, as I agree that it's hard to say "no more" if they might really have to go. We didn't tackle this until Katherine could go by herself, so it wasn't as bad because I didn't have to go help her every time, but she was up and down over and over again between bedtime and the time she actually fell asleep, calling us some of the times and not others. I think she was just so afraid that she'd wake up with a dry pull-up that she was "going" over and over and over. She's just gotten better over time and just goes by herself without calling us and the number of times that she goes before she goes to sleep is down to only once or twice. I'm afraid my "advice" is to just try and be patient and I think the novelty will wear off. Either take turns or one of you does it one night and the other the next so that you get a break from it from time to time. I know it's frustrating. Or, just have her wear a pullup and tell her she can go 2 times or whatever you decide and then cut her off - is she using it to stall bedtime?? I know it's hard to tell and I don't think there's a hard and fast rule. Anyway, that's my thoughts. I'm glad she's doing so great during the day!
Before putting the night time pullup or diaper on, we tell our son that he needs to use the potty one last time for the night and that it is okay to go in the pullup only at night time. I was weary telling him that, but amazingly he comprehended and the first thing in the morning, he tears that sucker off and can't get his undies on fast enough. But, every child is different. Hopefully the constant need to go will diminish soon! Hang in there.
Sounds like she is testing who is in control. Her or the parents? Keep on being consistent and patient. You will see this one(OPT) through.
No right or wrong answer just press on.
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